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Femme Fatales: These badass 'Fast and Furious' stars will drive circles around you

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<b>FAST AND FURIOUS WOMEN:</B> Lettie, Mia, Gisele, Elana and Riley are the femme fatales of the Fast and Furious franchise. <i>Images: YouTube</i>
<b>FAST AND FURIOUS WOMEN:</B> Lettie, Mia, Gisele, Elana and Riley are the femme fatales of the Fast and Furious franchise. <i>Images: YouTube</i>

London - The highly-anticipated latest instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise, Fast 8, releases in SA this weekend.

The latest movie features a new bad girl in town; South Africa's Charlize Theron.

Channel24 editor Herman Eloff says: "Charlize Theron enters the Fast & Furious franchise in its 8th instalment and she doesn’t disappoint. Like we saw in the recent Snow White films, the South African born actress is the queen of mean! The Oscar winner brings with her a sophisticated and well-balanced villain that totally steals the show.

"Although she doesn’t get behind the wheel in The Fate of the Furious, the 41-year-old is no stranger to taking on epic driving roles like we saw in The Italian Job and Mad Max: Fury Road. Her portrayal of Cipher delivers one of the toughest baddies the franchise has ever delivered." (Stay tuned for Herman's review of Fast 8 on April 13)

READ: Fast and Furious 8 - What the cast will drive

With that said, Lettie (Michelle Rodriguez) has always been the original bad girl, and even her more endearing sister-in-law Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) is quite a machine behind the wheel of any car too. The pair are my favourite female stars in the series. The crew was expanded with the addition of Gisele (Gal Gadot) from Fast 5

Gisele is a beauty and hardcore in her own right. And damn, can she drive!

There's also the likes of good cop Elsa Pataky (Elena), agent Hobbs (Dwyane Johnson) in Fast 5. She never really drives any fast cars, but her moral integrity and striking good looks makes fans fond of her.


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Even Gina Carano who plays agent Riley, and is actually bad guy Shaw's (Luke Evans) girlfriend, packs a mean punch. But we don't like her very much, for obvious reasons.

The guys at Selectcarleasing created an awesome inforgraphic showcasing the top femme fatales features in the Fast and Furious franchise.

According to Selectcarleasing: "We take a look at what the women drove, how awesome they are at street racing and what each of their defining moments were for the past 7 films as well what their actual jobs were before taking to the streets. Let us know who your favourite character is and who's got the best motor!"

Check out the infographic below:

Infographic by Select Car Leasing


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